Chengqing’s novel is unique in that she depicts and meditates on the latent state of human existence, if compared with other contemporary female novelists. To be more exact, she penetrates into the mental world of human beings with her outstanding depiction of the present existential reality. She dramatizes their dreams and desires yet meanwhile exposes the absurd and fantastic nature of them. She, on the one hand, grants her characters the right to dream to their heart’s content, and smashes their dreams silently but resolutely on the other. Furthermore, her various writing techniques, including the clever and diverse narrative perspectives, the echoing of characters, and the reverse but open endings, not only strengthen and highlight the themes, but also reinforce the charm of the novels.

• 尙玉翠(烟台大学中文系) | 상옥취
• 任现品(烟台大学中文系) | 임현품